diff --git a/nbase/configlocal.m4 b/nbase/configlocal.m4
index f2d1898cb..f1c9624f0 100644
--- a/nbase/configlocal.m4
+++ b/nbase/configlocal.m4
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ int main(void) {
     hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
     error = getaddrinfo("127.0.0.1", NULL, &hints, &ai);
     if (error) {
-        exit(1);
+        return 1;
     }
     if (ai->ai_addr->sa_family != AF_INET) {
-        exit(1);
+        return 1;
     }
-    exit(0);
+    return 0;
 }
 ],[
   ac_cv_working_getaddrinfo="yes"
diff --git a/nbase/configure b/nbase/configure
index 730375276..8ca7fb0e5 100755
--- a/nbase/configure
+++ b/nbase/configure
@@ -4566,12 +4566,12 @@ int main(void) {
     hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
     error = getaddrinfo("127.0.0.1", NULL, &hints, &ai);
     if (error) {
-        exit(1);
+        return 1;
     }
     if (ai->ai_addr->sa_family != AF_INET) {
-        exit(1);
+        return 1;
     }
-    exit(0);
+    return 0;
 }
 
 _ACEOF